Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves21%Tornadoes13%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Stanton flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Stanton, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2020

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Stanton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Dunn County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Dunn County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Stanton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Dunn County only

Dunn County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Stanton

Stanton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Shermanmostly inland floodingModerate

Knappmostly inland floodingModerate

Downingmostly inland floodingModerate

Boycevillemostly inland floodingModerate

Tiffanymostly inland floodingModerate

Lucasmostly inland floodingModerate

Springfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Glenwoodmostly inland floodingLow

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Stanton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stanton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stanton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Stanton total about $2.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.